Paintings vs. Purses.

So one of the biggest benefits of being a part of that Art Fair earlier this month was the wonderful contacts I made. Like the 2 journalists for the newspaper La Semaine, Pierre Aubert and Sarah Teulet, that wandered into my booth the first morning and asked me if I’d be willing to hang a few of my paintings in the Galerie Culture Plastique at Le Printemps in Metz. Apparently in attempt to engage the general public with the local arts community in the region, La Semaine has teamed up with Printemps, (one of France’s swankier department stores) and reserved a space in the store to display a small amount of work by local contemporary artists.

Anyway, Pierre and sarah stopped by my studio last week to discuss what paintings and how many and then faster than I could blink as eye it was time for the Opening!

The vernissage as the French call it, was Thursday night. Everybody was there! It turned into a whole Soiree! Who knew so many people would show up to see only 5 paintings?

Oh and checkout my full page spread in this week’s issue of La Semaine! This is so much cooler than that time I got interviewed for my highschool’s newspaper!

Personally I think the whole collaboration is a nifty idea. Besides, what self-respecting girly-girl wouldn’t want her latest paintings displayed next to $650 Italian handbags? Somewhere there is a joke about the commodification of art just waiting to be made, but I won’t be the one making it.